Alone at sea

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**Hannes Lindemann** (born 1922), a German physician and avid small-boat sailor, recounts two solo transatlantic crossings he made: the first, in 1955, in a traditional dugout canoe bought from a fisherman in Liberia; and the second, a year later, in a folding sea kayak. Motivated in part by his interest in survival at sea, he sought to reproduce the conditions of a castaway, largely relying on fishing and rainwater and emphasising strong mental discipline.

subjects: Sailing

People: Hannes Lindemann

Places: Atlantic Ocean,  Cape Palmas (Liberia),  Harper (Liberia),  Sekondi-Takoradi (Ghana),  Hamburg (Germany),  Porto (Portugal),  El Jadida (Morocco),  Safi (Morocco),  Dakhla (Western Sahara),  Las Palmas (Canary Islands),  Saint Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands),  Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic),  Jacmel (Haiti),  Philipsburg (Saint Martin),  Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands)

Times: 1954-1957